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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Channel MS awareness toward advocacy, action

Editorial: In an effort to draw greater awareness to a debilitating neurological disorder, the centerpiece


Justice Department can’t take part in Russia probe

Editorial: There’s just one reason why Russia Ambassador Sergey Kislyak sought a meeting with then U.S. Sen.


Congress must not fail US again; act on fentanyl bills

Editorial: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman each has compelling bills in Congress to slow the flow of deadly fentanyl. Both deserve speedy passage.


How egregious is Y’town water department scam?

Editorial: When one employee on the public payroll falsifies his credentials to boost his compensation, it’s


Progress blocked to lessen dire threat of Asian carp

Editorial: For more than a decade now, marine biologists and other aquatic experts have made the potential


Keep steering the Cruze on path to lasting success

Editorial: These are the best of times and worst of times for the Mahoning Valley’s indisputable industrial


President must flesh out agenda outlined Tuesday

Editorial: When it comes to presi- dential agendas, the devil is in the details. This is especially true of a


Celebrating women’s history as more women make history

Editorial: Over the past 12 months, those towering glass ceilings that have kept women down from reaching the


Will Trump be presidential in first speech to Congress?

Editorial: We ask that question in the headline about President Donald J. Trump’s appearance tonight at a


Harvest for Hunger merits communitywide support

Editorial: The relentless pain of hunger shows no signs of loosening its tight and agonizing grip on our


Eastern Gateway’s growth reflected in Y’town’s gains

Editorial: Spend some time talking to Dr. Jimmie Bruce, president of Eastern Gateway Community College, and


Savoring 100 great years of Girl Scout cookie sales

Editorial: In some respects, Scouting organizations in this country have been swept up in a dizzying torrent of


Don’t let utility reforms hurt Ohio’s energy boom

Editorial: The state of Ohio and the Mahoning Valley have begun to savor the fruits of an alternative-energy


Investors should beware when evaluating brokers

Editorial: Here’s a fair question for President Donald J. Trump, who’s toying with the idea of doing away with


State must take concerns over injection wells seriously

Editorial: Property owners living in the shadows of two proposed wastewater injection wells in Brookfield